This has been an interesting week at school. Labor Day was pretty laid back for me which was kind of unexpected, but I finally bought insurance for myself from Progressive. Boo on paying for insurance while in school :-) I also painted all the new poker room chairs black, but it was late at night when I ran out of spray paint so I had no idea how well I had done them. Kelley reapolstered the cushions from ugly orange to a nice red pattern. The chairs are so comfy too. Anyways, forgot Miami and FSU were playing but found out the next day the game was not worth watching really.
Tuesday I left early to go to the BMV to get my new title since I now own my truck officially, a new registration with new plates, and a new driver's license since I intend to stay in this apartment till my license expires in 2008 (at which point I better be settled somewhere with a law firm job). Well I couldn't find a bank on the way there, so I figured I would suck it up and pay the ATM fees again at the BMV like we did when we got Kelley's new license after the wedding. Well this branch of the ol' BMV does not have an ATM, and the nearest one is half a mile down the road. When you only take cash, you should have an ATM. Anyways, I look at the fee schedule and get a ticket for the title office which I did not have to wait for at all...they tell me I need 6 dollars. It is 60 for a year registration and 20 for a new license, so I figure 100 would cover it. I run to the Shell station, get my money with stupid fee...and back to the BMV. I get a new ticket for the title office, and apparently they got rushed since I was 11th in line now instead of walking right up 20 minutes before. Ugh! So I wait patiently and finally get called up and get my new title. Now at least they transfer you over to the BMV people so you don't have to wait for 50 more people to go, so I go right up to the other desk. We get all the registration and license forms filled out and she says, "is there any way you could wait 10 days until your birthday to get the registration?" Ummm, since the registration on the truck runs out today (Sept. 5), I guess not. "Well I hate for you to pay a prorate for only 10 days." I asked her what the prorate was, and it was 30 dollars. What? 30 damn dollars because my birthday falls 10 days after my mom's. Nice. So now I do not have enough money and she holds the info while I go back out into the driving rainstorm (Ohio is lovely) and back to the Shell station to get charged another ATM fee. So counting ATM fees and the whole shebang, it cost me 130 dollars for a new license, title, and registration for 375 days. But now I have new plates and a new license plate cover I just had to have. I ended up skipping Shippy's class because the whole mess took over 2 hours, much longer than I had thought.
Wednesday I had to skip class again because of hectic interviews. The first of my regular OCI interviews was with a great Chicago firm (Fish and Richardson's top IP litigation competitor) and then I had to leave immediately to drive to Indianapolis for a callback. This firm (Maginot, Moore, and Beck) is a small 8 person firm much like the WV office I had a callback with last school year, so I knew how to play it. They like FR have a beautiful office in the tallest building in their city, and I spent my whole callback in their conference room with a view. I met all the partners and none of the associates, but the interviews went very well. I am a little suspicious that all I saw of the office was the lobby and the conference room, but maybe they did not want to clean off the desks or maybe they thought it more convenient for me to just stay in one place. Regardless I enjoyed the experience and will seriously consider an offer there if I get one around the end of September. Speaking of, we are 5-6 days away from when I am supposed to hear from F&R...I am on pins and needles since I think I will just cancel everything but the Brinks callback if I get an offer (which will simplify my schedule). Of course other than 3 OCI interviews next week, I have no other callbacks yet so no big deal.
I hate missing Shipman all week, that stinks. Labor Day, Stupid BMV, and Callback. I fell behind a bit in classes this week, but I'll stay on top of things I think. App Ad is getting largely ignored despite my macro draft being due in 5 days and JDR will have another acc-check next week to keep me busy. At least it sounds like we will not be going to Texas, so I will not have to BB and TMS while on vacation at least.
Speaking of Texas, my article previewing the big game went up this morning on southerncollegesports.com. I think my article is better than my co-workers who also wrote about the game, but if you want full coverage beyond ESPN check us out.
Held our first social event at the new apartment, and with the exception of a TV or two we are done decorating and bringing things in finally. We had my first of hopefully many poker nights this year last night. 11 people showed up, and it was like a couples atmosphere really since 4 couples were there (Chris and Connie from Cinci, Tom and Heather, Mike and Leah, and of course Kelley and myself). A couple law students did show up (Aaron and AK) and throw in Olwen and there's 11. It sucks Carl, Shep, and Villa had to cancel out but hopefully I run enough of these get togethers that missing one here and there will not feel so bad. The event went really well as we ordered in pizza and snacked on chips and alcohol all evening while watching the Steelers kick off the NFL season. Poker play was good, but I got canned in 10th place out of 11. Details of hands later on my poker blog. Aaron (the poor, poor law student) won the whole thing and Connie got second, with Kelley just missing the cash in third. I'm happy it was successful as hopefully we can do poker night and maybe even have people over for games of other kinds (Palabra, Settlers, Risk, the like) as well down the road. Fun times.
I just realized I am 7 days away from being 23. I'm getting old...just kidding. But I did get a coupon for a free meal at Mongolian BBQ for my birthday, so that's awesome.
GO BUCKS! BEAT TEXAS (for real this time please).
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I'll do my best to make the next party at the Fitzy pad.
You're not allowed to bitch about getting old yet. I'm going to be 26 on my next birthday!
Mens f'ing rea, dude.
OH - speaking of mens rea, I saw Professor Michaels in the hall today. He looked right at me and said, "I smell bagel." I have been over it and over it in my head, and it makes no sense, and maybe he said something else that merely sounded like "I smell bagel," but I swear, that is what it sounded like. Is it that obvious that I'm a member of the Club?
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